Lost building, Corktown, 1928 to 1967
New Detroit Baths
Demolished in 1967
- Opened
- 1928
- Torn down
- 1967
New Detroit Baths stood in Corktown from 1928 until 1967. Here is what it was, who made it and where to find the spot today.
Then and now
What stands there now
Today
An open, grassy lot
Detroit's New Detroit Baths stood on this spot for 39 years. It came down 59 years ago. Today the spot is a open, grassy lot.
- 1928 Opens New Detroit Baths
- 1967 Comes down New Detroit Baths
- 2026 Today Open, grassy lot
How we know what stands there
- OpenStreetMap open, grassy lot at the map point
Checked October 25, 2026. We never guess: a site no source speaks for shows no answer.
What is there now
An open, grassy lot
- Today Source: OpenStreetMap
- New Detroit Baths came down Source: Historic Detroit
We checked Wikidata, Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Rebuild Detroit's landmark records and the county parcel records on October 25, 2026.
The story
New Detroit Baths went up in 1928, in the years Detroit became the Motor City and built like it meant to stay on top.
It is gone now, demolished in 1967, and the map pin below marks where it stood.
Timeline
- 1928 Built
- 1967 Closed
- 1967 Demolished
- 2026 Today 59 years since it came down
Where it is
1377 W. Vernor Hwy.
On this map
- 1 New Detroit Baths This place
- 2 Checker Cab Taxi Garage and Office Building 0.1 mi
- 3 Tiger Stadium 0.1 mi
- 4 Carhartt factory 0.2 mi
- 5 St. Peter's Episcopal Church 0.2 mi
- 6 The Factory at Corktown 0.3 mi
- 7 St. Boniface Catholic Church 0.3 mi
- 8 Corktown Historic District 0.5 mi
- 9 Roosevelt Hotel 0.5 mi
Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors
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Cooley High School
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Ambassador Bridge
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Broderick Tower
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Cadillac Tower
Structure, built 1927, Late Gothic Revival, by Bonnah & Chaffee
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Belcrest Apartments
Building, built 1926, Neo-Romanesque, by Charles N. Agree
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Brodhead Naval Armory
Building, built 1930, Art Deco/Art Moderne, by Stratton & Hyde
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Around the block
It is in Corktown. See the neighborhood's homes, pros and story.
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Checker Cab Taxi Garage and Office Building
Building, built 1927, Early 20th century commercial brick, by Wisconsin Bridge and Iron Company
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.1 mi
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Tiger Stadium
Stadium, built 1912, by Osborn Engineering, demolished 2008
Photo: Csh00w, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.1 mi
- Carhartt factory Building, by Alphonso Van Deusen, demolished 1940 0.2 mi
- St. Peter's Episcopal Church House of worship, built 1929, Neo Gothic, by Weston & Ellington 0.2 mi
- The Factory at Corktown Building, built 1907, Industrial, by Richard E. Raseman 0.3 mi
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St. Boniface Catholic Church
House of worship, built 1883, Romanesque Revival, by William Scott & Co., demolished 1996
Photo: This file is from the Mechanical Curator collection, a set of over 1 million images scanned from out-of-copyright books and released to Flic, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
0.3 mi
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Corktown Historic District
Historic district, Colonial Revival
Photo: Brian Mulloy, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.5 mi
- Roosevelt Hotel Hotel, built 1923, by Pollmar & Ropes 0.5 mi
Sources
Facts only, gathered from these sources. The story above is written by Rebuild Detroit. Every photo names its author and license where it appears.